Automatically Launching a Deployed Application at System Startup - Unity Briefcase - Foundation 24.1 - Foundation 24.1 - Ready - OnBase - external

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In order to launch a deployed application automatically at startup you must add a shortcut to the deployed application to the Windows startup folder for each user. The Windows startup folder is usually located at C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup on the user's machine.

The shortcut created must point to the *.application file in the deployed location (e.g., \\deployment-server\ApplicationDirectory\ApplicationNameInstance.application or https://deployment-server/ApplicationDirectory/ApplicationNameInstance.application).

When a user first starts their computer after adding this shortcut, the application is automatically installed and launched as part of the startup routines. Subsequent startups will only launch the application, unless the application has been redeployed and users are forced to upgrade as part of the redeployment. In that case, the application is upgraded first before being launched.

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The shortcut must access the application in the same way as the application was originally installed (i.e., via a UNC or URL path to the deployment server). In other words, if the application was originally installed by accessing a URL, the shortcut must also point to the URL. If the application has already been installed on the user's machine, it may need to be uninstalled via the Windows Control Panel (using Add or Remove Programs) before the new shortcut will work.